Curriculum Surgery! Lake Shore Middle -The Science of Reading by MICHELE AMOIA

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Fluency Packets - STARI - reading in chunks

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Reading Comprehension questions for novels

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WOW words

Word of the Week

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Book Clubs

Group work and presentations!

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Literacy Lab

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I administer the PAST and provide opportunities in class for students to build PA skills through phoneme manipulation games.

Wow words

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Journal prompts based on each chapter

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Sounding words out when we read together.

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STAR testing

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Book Clubs

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model with read alouds using picture books for higher level concepts

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Explain vocabulary in context.

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Literacy Lab

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I explicitly teach syllable division rules, syllable types, sound symbol correspondence, spelling rules, vowel sounds, phonics content vocabulary such as digraph, trigraph, consonant blend, schwa, etc

Giving them the opportunity to read out loud in large groups and small groups.

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Context Clues - used all of the time in comprehension questions

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Presentations

Asking "what happened in the last chapter?" and having them re-explain in their own words as a class

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group work for book clubs, presentations, etc.

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Lit Lab

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Lit Lab students use a program called Read Live which explicitly teaches academic/content related (science and social studies) vocabulary. Students hear, see, read, and write the words in isolation and in context.

Asking a variety of questions on what they've read. Having them write about what they've read.

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phonics

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sounding out letters and words while reading with students.

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STARI - pronunciation guides of words in fluency packets

Language

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reading to students as they follow along

Lit Lab

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Students engage in repeated reading and echo reading. Explicit fluency instruction such as phrasing, expression, pacing are provided. Students track their own fluency progress and practice fluency skills with instructional level materials.

Vocab

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Stopping while reading and talking about words they may not know and checking for understanding

Lit Lab

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Students respond to comprehension prompts related to their Read Live passages. Responses are individually reviewed with a teacher.

Fluency

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Having students read out loud

Lit Lab

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Some students have lessons in a program called Structures which teaches greek and latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes